Description

CompTIA Security+ SY0-401 uCertify Course and Labs is an easy-to-use online course that allows you to assess your readiness and teaches you what you need to know to pass the CompTIA Security+ SY0-401 exam.

Master all of the CompTIA Security+ exam objectives in the framework of CompTIA Security+ SY0-401 Cert Guide interactive eBook. The interactive eBook includes informative text, tables, step-by-step lists, images, 4+ hours of video, interactive exercises, glossary flash cards, and review activities. The course comes complete with extensive pre- and post-assessment tests. In total there are over 350 practice questions.

The award-winning uCertify Labs help bridge the gap between conceptual knowledge and real-world application by providing competency-based, interactive, online, 24x7 training. uCertify Labs simulate real-world networking hardware, software applications and operating systems, and command-line interfaces. The 130+ labs are supplemented with more than 50 videos demonstrating lab solutions. Students can feel safe working in this virtual environment resolving real-world operating system and hardware problems.

All of the content—the complete textbook, the 4+ hours of video instruction, the practice questions, the exercises, and the labs—is focused around the official CompTIA Security+ exam objectives.

Learn, prepare, and practice for CompTIA Security+ SY0-401 exam success with this CompTIA Authorized Cert Guide, Academic Edition from Pearson IT Certification, a leader in IT Certification learning and a CompTIA Authorized Platinum Partner. The DVD features three complete practice exams, complete video solutions to 31 hands-on labs, plus 31 interactive flash-based simulations that include drag-and-drop and matching to reinforce the learning.

The book presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter review activities help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. Review questions help you assess your knowledge, and a final preparation chapter guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your approach to passing the exam.

The companion Academic Edition DVD contains the powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Test engine, with three complete practice exams and hundreds of exam-realistic questions and free access to the Premium Edition eBook. The assessment engine offers you a wealth of customization options and reporting features, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most. Work through 270 Flash Cards in Q&A and glossary term format to help reinforce your knowledge of key concepts and facts. The Academic Edition DVD also includes complete video solutions to 31 hands-on labs in the book and 31 interactive simulations on key exam topics to reinforce the learning by doing. Learning activities such as test password strength, match the type of Malware with its definition, find the security issues in the network map, and disallow a user access to the network on Saturday and Sunday.

Interactive Simulations:

2-1: Identifying Malware Types

2-2: Securing the BIOS

2-4: Filtering E-mails

3-3: Stopping Services in the Command Prompt

4-1: Securing Web Browsers

5-1: Creating a DMZ

5-3: Defending against the Web Shell

6-1a: Understanding Port Numbers, Part A

6-1b: Understanding Port Numbers, Part B

6-1c: Understanding Port Numbers, Part C

6-2a: Identifying Network Attacks, Part A

6-2b: Identifying Network Attacks, Part B

6-2c: Identifying Network Attacks, Part C

6-2d: Identifying Network Attacks, Part D

7-1: Configuring a Firewall's Ruleset

8-4: Planning Network Security

9-1: Choosing Physical Security Methods

9-2: Selecting the Correct Authentication Technology

9-3: Understanding 802.1X

10-1: Password Strength

10-2: Configuring Logon Hours

10-3: Understanding Access Control Models

11-1a: Risk Assessment, Part A

11-1b: Risk Assessment, Part B

11-1c: Vulnerability Management Process

12-1: Capturing and Analyzing Packets

12-2: Deciphering Log Files

13-1: Understanding Symmetric and Asymmetric Algorithms

15-1: Configuring RAID

16-1a: Identifying Social Engineering Attacks, Part A

16-1b: Identifying Social Engineering Attacks, Part B

Hands-On Labs Video Solutions:

2-1: Using Free Malware Scanning Programs

2-2: Securing the BIOS

2-3: Securing Mobile Devices

3-1: Discerning and Updating Service Pack Level

3-2: Securing a Virtual Machine

3-3: Working with Services in Windows and Linux

4-1: Securing Web Browsers

4-2: Whitelisting and Blacklisting Applications with a Windows Server Policy

5-2: Subnetting a Network

6-1: Scanning Ports

7-2: Configuring Packet Filtering and NAT

7-3: Configuring an Inbound Filter

8-1: Securing a Wireless Device

8-2: Enabling MAC Filtering

8-3: Wardriving and the Cure

9-3: Understanding 802.1X

9-4: Setting Up a Secure VPN

10-1: Configuring Complex Passwords

10-2: Configuring Password Policies and User Accounts Restrictions

10-4: Configuring User and Group Permissions

11-2: Mapping and Scanning the Network

11-3: Defending Against Password Cracking

12-1: Capturing and Analyzing Packets

12-2: Deciphering Log Files

12-3: Auditing Files

13-1: Understanding Symmetric and Asymmetric Algorithms

13-2: Disabling the LM Hash

14-1: Understanding PKI

14-2: Making an SSH Connection

15-1: Configuring RAID

17-1: Analyzing Test Questions

Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this CompTIA authorized study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will allow you to succeed on the exam the first time.

The CompTIA authorized study guide helps you master all the topics on the Security+ exam, including